TornTv....NOOOOOOOOOOO :(

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yep i got this horrible virus last night and its everywhere, i cant delete it, PITA!

these days is it really worth trying to remove it all with a dozen programs? or shall i just do a clean install of windows?

i was thinking of doing a system restore to about 2 days ago, but ive heard this virus can still live through a restore?
 
ive never done a format before, had my pc 1 year, its my 1st pc, what steps do i need to take to save my stuff then, my HDD's are all internal so id need to back everything all onto one of the internals, then would i have to unplug the drive ive backed up to when i re install windows so it does not get formatted? i cant believe this

but surely the stuff im backing up, the virus could still be in there then just transferred back after the format couldnt it?
 
im not going to waste my time trying to remove this terrible virus. just going to re install windows, just need to make sure i got all i want saved, i know im going to miss somethings :(

and i wish it was that easy, ive got over 3tb of data :( so i have to back up on one of my internal HDD's
 
sorry vimes i did not mean to offend anyone, just im going with mrbells 1st post "format. allways" and thats what im thinking too.... just to make sure

thanks :)
 
thank you all for your help everyone!

after my install i will be being a lot more careful to make sure this does not happen again, i will be making regular image back up's with Macrium and also running disk clean up and ADW cleaner every week
 
indeed we live and learn! ive learnt not to be a cheap skate and try to download a free game! im not even playing games on the pc any more! strictly processing only pc from now on
 
so ture! but the thing is i didnt even click download, just clicked on the file to read its description and comments and it downloaded it self :( but for sure, a lesson learnt
 
wow, thank you, i cant be doing this clean install every time, so il be making sure to make back up images with macrium incase i need to go back
 
Vimes;27464439 For example Windows 7 for me will not have my LAN drivers and thus can't get online to install them. Again the best of luck.[/QUOTE said:
This has happened to me! Installed new windows now but I can't get online it's saying windows did not detect a network adapter! :(
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Right this is giving me a real head ache now! wish i never re installed windows now..... i got the internet working on it, i just had to install the drivers disk that came with my mobo, that was easy and sorted not have no internet...

when i was trying to install windows on my ssd which all ready had windows on it i got this message
https://flic.kr/p/quARUk

but that does not make any sense at all as windows is all ready on the drive, so i though ok, so i formatted my other ssd to GPT and it installed ok on it, now when i try to format my my original ssd which has windows on the pc crashes and boots up to this screen
https://flic.kr/p/qLTktx

so now i got windows installed on 2 ssd's but only want my new install on one ssd, ive changed the boot up drive in bios also and both windows load up ok (one a fresh windows and the other loads up how my pc was before with my tweaks etc)

any idea at all what is going on as this is not fun one bit :(

thanks in advance for taking the time to help me :)
 
Hi Athlon

Here is my pc spec mate

Windows 7 64bit
gigabyte ga-z87-d3hp
1tb hdd, 250gb hhd, 3tb hdd, 120gb ssd, 256gb ssd
intel i5 4670k
patriot venom red 8gb (2x4gb)
corsair builder series cx 500w modular
cooler master hyper 212 evo cpu cooler

how would i download drivers mate? to think about it since ive re installed its not even been on the net, so do u think i should update windows too?

ive just clicked on update windows and drivers, i think thats it, its downloading now so when its finished i will re boot with fresh windows and then try to format other ssd
 
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thanks mate ill download them now :) ill let you know how it goes, but i think the ssd might be broken, as windows seems to be working fine with my fresh instal on my old ssd, only when i try to format the new ssd i get the re boot and blue screen, so i think my new ssd has died.....?
 
Athlon YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!!!!!

thats it! its blooming formatting now! everything seems ok, only thing is that ive ended up with windows on my 120gb ssd lol instead of my 256gb ssd, but if thats the only problem i got left ill take that any day! id just need to use macrium to clone my o/s on the 120gb over to the 256gb ssd, then format the smaller ssd right...

man i cant tell you how friggin happy i am!! i owe you big time :)
 
one more thing now and this shall be the last lol

in disk management my fresh install of windows is now cloned all ok to my 256Gb ssd, but ive got a partition on it of 126gb of unallocated space, how do i combine that unallocated space in with the C drive?
 
Thanks for the tips, I'm now creating image back ups of every drive now using Macrium reflect and saving on my external 300gb hdd, as long as I do a new image back up regular I should avoid this head ache again when I get infected next right
 
i just checked on how the backing up with macrium is going, and my full 1tb drive being backed up to my external 300gb drive has stopped halfway, it says the external is full :( macrium is not compressing the backup enough, what are my choices now? (I had compression set to high)
 
i guess if macrium can not do such big saves to my small drive, ill just have to buy another drive, same capacity to back up,

thanks again everyone who has helped
 
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